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    When the order comes, Shen Qiao is angry, furious that his brothers kept the negotiations from him. But what can he do? Denying the emperor is asking for death. Shen Qiao has no choice but to enter the Imperial Harem.

    Then, just as Shen Qiao is settling into his new life as a forgotten, low-ranking concubine, the emperor flips his nameplate. Surely, a night with a madman can’t be so bad.

    Unfortunately, the emperor seems to have other plans.

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    25 Jan 2024

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    Wearing your heart on your sleeve is akin to opening the city gates to your enemies. This harsh truth is even truer for women in noble clans, and most especially to those close to the Empress Dowager. Hua Xiangyi has always kept her aunt’s words in mind, and that is why she’s Qudu’s most beloved Third Missy Hua. No one really knows her aside from the image she portrays to the public.

    Yet, in the presence of Qi Zhuyin, she has willingly allowed herself to be read like a book.

    (Or: What really happened in that tent on Chapter 245)

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    "Nothing has made him feel this alive since his days at Dazhou. Somewhere along the line, over these past few years, Shen Zechuan has forgotten what it means to live, to be human. Forced onto his hands and knees, slipping and unable to control himself, getting pounded by Libei’s wolfish second prince, reminds him of what it means to be made of blood and flesh and bone, to have a beating heart that thrums with excitement and vigor.”

     

    Or: My take on the sex scene between Ce’an and Lanzhou in chapter 41.

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    29 Dec 2023

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    It starts like every other fight. Liu Qingge lands one hit to Luo Binghe's every three, both of them bruising and collecting injuries like art. It drags on until the sunlight starts to fade, until they're both breathing heavily and covered in a fine sheet of sweat.

    And then Luo Binghe makes a mistake.

    It's small - just a minor misstep, an unfortunate shift of balance. Against any other opponent, it wouldn't mean a thing. Wouldn't make a difference. But Liu Qingge has been watching. Liu Qingge has been waiting for Luo Binghe to make a mistake for years. He quickly changes his attack mid-step, throwing his weight against the opening Luo Binghe's mistake left, and Luo Binghe falls. Liu Qingge falls with him, of course -he compromised too much of his balance with that attack - but he makes sure to end up on top, straddling Luo Binghe and pressing the flat of Cheng Luan's blade to his neck.

    Without meaning to, without thinking to stop it, Liu Qingge smiles at him, bright and genuine and triumphant.

    Luo Binghe's breath catches.

    "I win."

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    ~Or~ The one where Liu Qingge actually wins a fight and Luo Binghe ends up getting a little hot for Shishu.

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    26 Dec 2023

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    Set after Original!Luo Binghe's visit to Shen Yuan's timeline.

    Shen Qingqiu owes everything to Luo Binghe, and Luo Binghe is determined to get it all. When he resurrects his master, it's to make him into the kind Shizun he saw in another world, the one who loved this meek version of himself.

    Of course, Shen Qingqiu isn't that sweet - nor that harmless.

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